100 Reasons To Believe The Bible Is The Word Of God

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this work is to present the many evidences demonstrating that the Bible must be the Word of God, that more might come to saving faith in Christ. THE UNAWARE: Drawing from personal experience, the author is convinced that more would believe, if only they were made aware of the many evidences solidly supporting the Christian faith. 100 Reasons to Believe is written specifically for these unaware individuals, and, indeed, for all sincere seekers of truth who long for evidence to back up their faith. But we live in an increasingly noisy and distracted world. Some readers will remain unaware, if our product is merely black words on a white page. More could be reached by simply sprucing up our product with a calculated use of visuals. AWARENESS-RAISING DISTINCTIVE: The great distinguishing characteristic of this work is its use of eye-pleasing, attention-grabbing/retaining visuals. Each of the 100 Reasons is presented in a self-contained, two-page storyboard, with an image always leading off the even-numbered (left) page. Shaded/boxed theme statements are added, along with scannable text and the calculated use of white space. The result is an easier and more enjoyable reading experience. Higher reader retention rates will naturally follow, leading to an overall raised awareness of the many evidences solidly supporting the Christian faith. CHAPTER CONTENTS: Witnesses are brought in to testify from numerous fields of study: (1) A Creation/Flood Model is Superior to an Evolutionary Explanation of Origins, (2) Manuscripts/Archaeology Support the Historical Reliability of Scripture, (3) The Structure and Style of Scripture Suggests a Supernatural Author, (4) Jesus' Fulfillment of Messianic Prophecy Confirmed by Hostile Witnesses, (5) Fulfilled Prophecy in History Confirmed by Extra-Biblical Witnesses, (6) Scripture Anticipates Numerous Scientific Advances, and (7) Closing Witnesses to the Truth of Scripture. APPLICATION: Lost in self and sin, the world has little interest in what the Bible has to say with regard to God's Salvation. But once convinced that the Bible is indeed the Word of God, it is only natural to ask: "According to the Bible, what must I do to be saved?" The Appendix provides a Biblical answer to this most important of all questions. Coming full circle, with God's added blessing, the stated purpose of this work will have been achieved with all that respond in faith.

An elderly lady once left 20,000 dollar and 'my Bible and all it contains' to her nephew. The young man knew what the Bible contained so he didn't bother to open it. He merely picked it up and put it on a high shelf in his house, and headed for Las Vegas. It wasn't long until all his money was gone. He lived the next 60 years as a pauper, scraping for every meal and barely having the clothes on his back. As he was moving to a convalescent home he reached up to grab that old Bible and accidentally dropped it from his trembling hands. It fell to the floor and opened, revealing a 100 dollar bill between every page. That man lived his life as a pauper when he could have lived in luxury, simply because of his prejudice. He thought he knew what the Bible contained. Most people don't know that the Bible contains a wealth of incredible scientific, medical and prophetic facts. The implications are mind boggling...

That man lived his life as a pauper when he could have lived in luxury, simply because of his prejudice. He thought he knew what the Bible contained.

I was brought up to believe that the Bible was the Word of God. In early life I accepted it as such upon the authority of my parents, and never gave the question any serious thought. But later in life my faith in the Bible was utterly shattered through the influence of the writings of a very celebrated, scholarly and brilliant sceptic. I found myself face to face with the question, Why do you believe the Bible is the Word of God? I had no satisfactory answer. I determined to go to the bottom of this question. If satisfactory proof could not be found that the Bible was God's Word I would give the whole thing up, cost what it might. If satisfactory proof could be found that the Bible was God's Word I would take my stand upon it, cost what it might. I doubtless had many friends who could have answered the question satisfactorily, but I was unwilling to confide to them the struggle that was going on in my own heart; so I sought help from God and from books, and after much painful study and thought came out of the darkness of scepticism into the broad daylight of faith and certainty that the Bible from beginning to end is God's Word. The following pages are largely the outcome of that experience of conflict and final victory. I will give Ten Reasons why I believe the Bible is the Word of God.

This book is a challenging, faith-building, witnessing tool to be passed to non-belivers, belivers, children and grandchildren.

“Captivating reading that builds the faith while it fills the mind with greatness.”—Sherwood Wirt, former editor, DECISION Magazine One of this century's greatest writers of fact, fiction, and fantasy explores, in utterly beautiful terms, questions of faith in the modern world: • On the experience of miracles • On silence and religious belief • On the assumed conflict between work and prayer • On the error of trying to lead “a good life” without Christ • On the necessity of dogma to religion • On the dangers of national repentance • On the commercialization of Christmas . . . and more “The searching mind and the poetic spirit of C.S. Lewis are readily evident in this collection of essays edited by his one-time secretary, Walter Hopper. Here the reader finds the tough-mind polemicist relishing the debate; here too the kindly teacher explaining a complex abstraction by means of clarifying analogies; here the public speaker addressing his varied audience with all the humility and grace of a man who knows how much more remains to be unknown.”—The New York Times Book Review

Did you know that Science, Astronomy, and physics actually prove the Bible's accuracy? Numbers, the Human body, our DNA, and even the heavenly bodies all point to a creator. There seems to be no contradictions between what modern society has discovered about our world and the cosmos and what the Bible reveals in hundreds of ancient scriptures and prophecies. The big bang theory, and evolution do not dispel the accuracy of the bible, but actually reinforce it! A must read for those seeking the truth in this perplexing time.